Lexical Summary dōma: a house, a housetop Original Word: δῶμαTransliteration: dōma Phonetic Spelling: (do'-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a house, a housetop Meaning: a house, a housetop Strong's Concordance housetop. From demo (to build); properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof -- housetop. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1430: δῶμαδῶμα, δώματος, τό (δέμω, to build); 1. a building, house, (Homer and following). 2. a part of a building, dining-room, hall, (Homer and following). 3. in the Script. equivalent to γααγ house-top, roof (Winer's Grammar, 23): Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 5:19; Luke 17:31. The house-tops of the Orientals were (and still are) level, and were frequented not only for walking but also for meditation and prayer: Acts 10:3; hence, ἐπί δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; ἐπί τό δῶμα ... κατ' ὀφθαλμούς παντός Ἰσραήλ, 2 Samuel 16:22. |
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